Vagabondo

Chef David Fhima’s Sicilian restaurant in the historic Bacon Drug Store building, with wood-fired pizza, pasta, gelato and house-made Italian sodas.

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Location

Water Street, downtown Excelsior

Food

Sicilian, pizza and pasta

Best for

Date night and a little history

Opened

2025

Why We Love Vagabondo

Vagabondo is the newest restaurant from chef David Fhima, who also runs Fhima’s and Maison Margaux in Minneapolis. The name comes from his childhood nickname, given by his Sicilian great-grandmother.

It’s in the old Bacon Drug Store, where a 1964 encounter with Mick Jagger is said to have inspired “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” The downstairs bar nods to that history, and the main bar makes its own Italian sodas as a tribute.

What It’s Known For

🥧 Wood-fired pizza

Sicilian-inspired pies from the oven.

🍝 Pasta

Classic Italian pastas made for sharing.

🥤 Italian sodas

House-made sodas, a nod to the old Bacon Drug soda fountain.

Know before you go: Vagabondo serves lunch, dinner and social hour. Downtown Excelsior parking can be tight on summer nights, so allow extra time.

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